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Note for: Richard Bracewell, 1575 - 13 DEC 1641 Index

According to Website at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westxan/np51.htm#iin2500

He carried the title of 'Gentleman'. Some have birth as 1588. Some do not accept his wife's name.

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Note for: Missing Braswell, - Index

Why do I have a "missing Braswell" generation? Well, there is a site of family history concerning the Braswells. And this site says that there is a generation missing but that there is good reason to believe that Jesse Braswell is from the Jacob Braswell/Elizabeth Ruffin line. Until I learn otherwise, I will leave this leap of faith in my family tree.

Here is the excerpt from the Website at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westxan/np68.htm#iin5463

Here is the big mystery. This generation and connection between Jacob and Elizabeth Ruffin Braswell is NOT documented, and in fact may not exist. Jesse may Not in fact be the grandson of Jacob and Elizabeth.
This is My theory based on researching the names passed down, locations, associated famlies, and other misc. info. The age difference of Jacob and what I propose as his grandson Jesse is why I have added this unknown generation. Jacob and Elizabeth sold land in Bertie county, North Carolina in 1827, and received a grant of 284 acres of land north of the Tar River and in an eastern direction of Swift Creek in 1728.
This time span allows for this unknown child to have either been born, grown, and not followed with his parents to N. C., or... More likely, upon reaching age, to have returned to Brunswick co, Va. to start his own family.
Ray Sasser speculates that this Braswell is John Braswell/Brassell (m. Jane Cooper Lewis abt 1740) based on land records.

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Note for: Behethalon Rush Grigsby, 6 APR 1844 - 20 JAN 1911 Index

According to Website at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westxan/np54.htm#iin3224

Some list name as Rush Behathla Grigsby.

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Note for: Jane Bracewell, ABT. 1645 - 14 AUG 1713 Index

According to Website at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westxan/np52.htm#iin2510

Jane was considered very attractive, a good wife, and became very wealthy as one of the largest owners of land and other real property.

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Note for: Robert Stokes, - ABT. 1677 Index

According to Website at:

He and his brother- in-law, William West, were captured jan 16, 1677 by the British following Bacon's Rebellion. William escaped, but Robert was hanged.

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Note for: William West, - Index

He and his brother- in-law, Robert Stokes, were captured Jan 16,1677 by the British following Bacon's Rebellion. William escaped and was later pardoned.

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Note for: Robert Bracewell, ABT. 1650 - AFT. 1702 Index

According to Website at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~westxan/np52.htm#iin2508

On 27 March 1696 Robert Bracewell, Jr. appointed his wife Susannah to act as his attorney. Whether this was due to his failing health or for business reasons is not known (Deed Book 1, pg. 627). In SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA FAMILIES by Boddie, Robert appointed his "loving wife as his attorney and left the country". The last time Robert's name appears in the Isle of Wight records is 9 April 1702, when he witnessed a deed for Owen Bourn (Deed Book 1, pg. 351). No will has been found that was recorded, nor record of his death. Susannah may have learned of her husband's death at some point prior to 22 October 1714 and made her Will to protect their children James, William, Richard, and Ann (Bracewell) Riggs.
There are varying opinions on the marriage of Robert. One being that his marriage was arranged, possibly against his desire. In any event, the marriage failed, possibly never consummated. He sold his patrimony in Isle of Wight County as soon as he came of age and left the county, never to return. 'His' Braswell children are considered to have been fathered by Richard Towle by some.